EBV To Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova. Peterburgskaya Side, Pavlovskaya Street, No. 6, Apt. 16. Petersburg.

Russia. St.-Petersburg
14. I. 08.

Dear Manyasha!

I am sending you "Obrazovaniye" 237, which I dragged here by mistake. I think now I have no debts to you regarding books? If I do, please let me know.

We have already been stuck in this damned Geneva for several days... A vile hole, but there's nothing to be done about it. We'll adapt. How are you getting on? Are you freezing? Is mother well? Kiss her for me, please, and give my regards to Anyuta, and also to Mitya, if he hasn't left yet.

Yesterday I wrote to Lev Borisovich regarding a little article* and asked him to get me the protocols of the III Duma (official publication of stenographic reports, as well as declarations, inquiries, and bills introduced into the Duma). This can only be obtained through personal connections. Please see to it that someone agrees to send me this, and send everything without gaps. I also ask you to send me all professional journals still coming out in Russia (Petersburg, Moscow too), buying them immediately. From the sum I am supposed to receive from the publisher on January 4, take 50 rubles from Elizaveta.

* The letter has not been preserved. Ed.